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Taiwan Cement Corp’s $1bn loan, which launched into syndication at the beginning of July, is expected to go up in size after getting a great response. Ten banks have already committed to the deal and 10 more processing their approvals, according to bankers.

7 Days Group Holdings has closed its fundraising at $300m, opting to fully exercise a $50m greenshoe, as the deal was oversubscribed thanks to relationship banks piling in.

Tata Steel raised $1.5bn with its inaugural transaction on Thursday, as it looks to refinance loans incurred as a result of its $13.1bn acquisition of Corus in 2008. Despite pricing on a day when almost $2.5bn of new issues was injected into the Indian high yield arena, the trade nonetheless pulled in bids worth $9.1bn.

Gecina, a French real estate investment trust, priced a €500m seven year senior unsecured bond at 92bp over mid-swaps on Wednesday.

Bulgarian pharmaceutical company Huvepharma faces a race to meet Friday’s deadline for commitments on its €275m acquisition loan after a delay in getting the deal rated.

Royal Mail Group's debut €500m 10 year bond tightened as much as 15bp on Thursday after being priced on Wednesday at 108bp over mid-swaps. That was well inside initial price thoughts of 120bp-125bp.

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Royal Mail Group's debut €500m ten year bond tightened as much as 15bp on Thursday after being priced on Wednesday at 108bp over mid-swaps. That was well inside initial price thoughts of 120bp-125bp.

Bulgarian pharmaceutical company Huvepharma faces a race to meet Friday’s deadline for commitments on its €275m acquisition loan after rating agencies delayed announcing the deal’s credit rating.

A recent first for the Formosa market — the dual Taiwan and Singapore listing of renminbi-denominated bonds from a Taiwanese corporate issuer — is unlikely to drive a flurry of similar issuance. While some in the market express hope that more issuers will follow suit, others are much less optimistic, arguing that such a small deal can never set a trend.

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Gecina, a French real estate investment trust, priced a €500m seven year senior unsecured bond at 92bps over mid-swaps on Wednesday.